Clothes-pounder.



E. M. BIGBL0W.

CLOTHES POUNDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1913.

Patented Apr. 21, 191 i EDWARD M. BIGELOW, 0F LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed March 28, 1913. Serial No. 757,457.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD M. BIGELOW, a citizen of the United States, resident of Lincoln, in the county of- Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Clothes-Founders; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of the invention Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the invention. Fig. 3 is a side view of the invention. Fig. 4: is a side view of the single washer.

The invention has relation to devices for washing clothes by compressing air in connection with the clothes and water, such devices being usually known as clothes pounders, and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, designed to pro vide an improvement upon ordinary pounders, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the numeral 2, indicates a hollow cone of sheet metal, which flares downward, and terminates at its open base in a rounded reinforced rim, which is usually strengthened by a wire. The upper or small end of this cone is secured to a sleeve 3, which projects above the cone, and eX- tends downward a short distance into it, the cone being secured to its middle portion.

The numeral 4, designates a smaller hollow cone adapted to be received within the larger cone 2, and having a wall of substantially similar inclination to that of this larger or outer cone. The smaller cone is also provided with a rounded base rim, which is similarly reinforced. The upper end of this cone is also provided with a stem or tube 5, to the lower end of which it is secured. Around the lower portion of the tube 5, at the upper end of the smaller cone, is a circumferential hearing or shoulder 6. The upper end of the tube 5, is threaded to engage the thread of a ferrule or tubular joint 7, designed to receive the handle 8.

The outer cone is provided with several conical air pockets 9, which are equidistant from each other and extend from their smaller ends downward to open months 11,

on the line 1-1, Fig. 2.,

which dip a little inward or toward the middle of the cone, these months being located about an inch more or less above the rim of the cone. Four of these air pockets are usually provided, and between each two pockets in the cone is a large air hole or perforation 12, which is covered, on the outside of the cone, by a small conical guard 14. The inner cone is also provided with conical inside air pockets 15, usually four in number and equidistant from each other. These pockets have their open lower ends terminating short of the lower rim of the cone. Between each two air pockets through the cone is made an air hole 16, which is protected on the outside of the cone by a small conical guard 17.

In assembling the parts the inner tube 5 is passed upward within the outer sleeve 3 until the shoulder 6 at the base of said tube contacts with the lower end of the sleeve, the inner cone being of suitable length to at the same time contact at its lower rim with the lower ends of the air pockets 9 of the outer cone. With the parts so engaged, the

upper threaded end of the inner tube 5 will project above the outer sleeve 3, so that when the threaded handle ferrule 7 is engaged with and turned home upon said threaded end, against the upper end of said outer sleeve, the relation of the parts as stated is made secure and the parts are well braced.

This washer is used by pressing it straight down upon the clothes immersed in water in the wash tub, and then lifting it; pressing it down again and lifting, and so on, until the mass of clothes has been sufficiently subjected to its action. In lifting, the handle should be inclined a little so that one of the air holes of the washer will be raised on one side for the entrance of air to relieve the suction, which tends to lift the clothes. The rim of the inner cone, being at a higher level than that of the outer cone, is not designed to press so deeply into the clothes as the outer cone, so that the release of the latter tends to release the smaller cone. These air holes are protected on the outside by the short guards to prevent water from spurting against the operator. These guards terminate at about the level of the air hole, so that they will not interfere with the exit of the air.

The large outer cone is readily removed from the stem of the inner cone, when the inner tube 5 is disconnected from the handle.

against the inner cone to brace the same and preserve said interval, telescoping sleeves at the upper ends of the inner and outer cones, and a handle having a threaded connection with one sleeve and a bearing against the other sleeve.

In testimony whereof I afilx my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD M. BIGELOV. Vitnesses FRED NEANDER, N. RAY HALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

by addressing the Commissioner of latcnts,

Washington, D. G. 

